Spelunky modder Joey4track is in the process of putting together a new mod that transforms Derek Yu’s cave-exploring meat grinder into a Metroid game, complete with purple rocks, neon enemies and of course, Samus Arran.

Nintendo has updated the North American end of its eShop with Virtual Console titles Super Mario Bros 2 for 3DS and Metroid for Wii U. Other goodies have been added, or are scheduled to be added, by July 16, so head below for more information in which to plan ahead with.

Shigeru Miyamoto has said the possibilities for Metroid using Wii U’s GamePad “could be really fantastic.” Speaking with IGN, Miyamoto said, hypothetically, with Metroid, it was easy to imagine interesting implementations for Wii U. “I think that having another screen with the gyro built in really gives you a lot of interesting opportunities for development,” […]

Nintendo has released a nice batch of screenshots for the Virtual Console version of Metroid for 3DS, Battle of the Elements for DS, and Wii’s Virtual Console title Strider. The later is available now, and Battle of the Elements will be released on DSiWare and eShop March 15 in Europe through Nintendo’s weekly update for […]

Nintendo’s updated its WiiWare, eShop, and DSiWare offerings this week with Aya and the Cubes of Light, a demo for Crush3D, Metroid, and Aahh! Spot the Difference. Head on through the link to Joystiq for the full thing.

“The story for Other M was definitely the product of Mr. Sakamoto at Nintendo. We definitely worked with them on the project, but that was all him. For NG3, we’ve worked with Masato Kato to create our own story. It’s going to be different in a lot of ways. There are definitely things we learned […]

Nate Bihldorff, senior localization manager and primary writer on Metroid Prime, has said Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto is “the only one who really knows” who Samus Aran is, and that when the character finally gained a voice, she was “always going to be different” from player expectations.